that city's metropolitan area is home to more than a million people, roughly the size of the entire dallas metroplex. the missiles triggered air sirens as panicked citizens ran for cover. tel aviv is only about 40 miles from the gaza. earlier today, fox's leeland vittert was on the ground in a town along the gaza border. >> we've got more missiles coming in. you can see everyone running. this is right now the very safest place. we're going to come in under here and now we wait. those awful seconds that everyone in this part of the world knows what it's like to wait as the missiles coming in, you know it's here. the question is where will it hit? there it was. >> shep: we'll have more of his report later in this hour. lee land's reports a rocket blast struck this apartment building and killed members of a family. a baby now listed in critical condition. the coloring book stained with blood. all part of the heaviest fighting between the israelis and the palestinians in nearly four years. remember, this comes just one day after the israeli army reported it had killed a top commander of the mi